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Chapter 18

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श्रीनारद उवाच- अथ जालंधरः प्राह रक्षात्मानमितः शिवम् । शिवाद्य त्वां क्षिपाम्याशु यत्रास्ते मधुसूदनः १। पश्चाद्ब्रह्माणमाकृष्य पातयिष्यामि सागरे । धृतेषु युष्मासु यदा तदा सर्वेश्वरो ह्यहम् २। इत्युक्त्वा सैन्यसंभारं न्यस्य शुंभासुरादिषु । भटैर्गुप्तं निशुंभाद्यैश्चतुरंगमनंतकम् ३। शुंभो निशुंभः फेंकारो फेरुंडो धूम्रलोचनः । केतुर्बिडालजंघश्च राहुर्दुर्वारणो यमः ४। कालासुरोऽथ लवणो भूमिरेतोंधकासुरः । रक्तवीर्यादयश्चंडी चामुंडी दैत्यपुंगवाः ५। सर्वानेवोद्यतान्दृष्ट्वा संख्ये दानवपुंगवान् । रुरुधुः समरे राजन्वीरभद्रादयो गणाः ६। ततो युद्धमभूद्धोरं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् । पतंति प्रथमा यत्र दैत्याश्चापि क्षतातुराः ७। अथ शुंभादिभिर्दैत्यैः सर्वशस्त्रैर्महामृधे । हताः पेतुर्गणाश्चान्ये पलायांचक्रिरे नृप ८। गणान्विजित्य समरे रुरुधुर्दानवाः शिवम् । वर्षंतः शरधाराभिर्घना मेरुगिरिं यथा ९। ततः पिनाकमाकृष्य वृषभोपरि भैरवः । जघान बाणनिवहैर्दानवान्समरांगणे । तीक्ष्णाग्रैस्तु क्षुरप्रौघैर्दानवानहनद्बली १०। केचिन्नंदिप्रहारेण पेतुः संग्राममूर्धनि । बाणैश्च जर्जरान्कृत्वा शुंभादीन्वृषभध्वजः ११। शेषं सैन्यं जघानाशु शस्त्रास्त्रैः समरांगणे । गजैर्नरैर्हयैर्व्याप्तं पतितैः समरांगणम् १२। बभूव वज्रनिर्भिन्नैः पर्वतैरिव भूतलम् । अथ मायामयीं गौरीं विदधे सिंधुनंदनः १३। सौंदर्यगुणसंपन्नां सर्वालंकारभूषिताम् । जयां मायामयीं कृत्वा समुवाचाब्धिनंदनः १४। गच्छ त्वं पुरतो रुद्रं विमोहय रणे द्रुतम् । इत्युक्त्वा दैत्यपतिना ययौ मायामयी जया १५। रणे गत्वा शिवस्याग्रे मुक्तकेशी रुरोद ह । पृष्टा हरेण सा प्राह मानसोत्तरपर्वतात् १६। हृता तव प्रिया देव पार्वती सिंधुसूनुना । श्रुत्वेति वचनं तस्यास्तामुवाच वृषध्वजः १७। जये त्वमेहि वृषभं त्वां हरिष्यंति दानवाः । ततो वृषभमारुह्य जया चालिंग्य शंकरम् १८। प्राह प्रयामि पार्वत्या न जीवामि विना हर । चंद्रं शंभुजटाविष्टं गृहीत्वा वृषभाद्द्रुतम् १९। अवारोहत सा माया मायाष्वक्तो रणं ययौ । ततो गौरीं हृतां श्रुत्वा चिंतयामास शंकरः २०। दैत्यमायापरिष्वक्तो नात्मानं बुबुधे नृप । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तः सैन्येन महता वृतः २१। मायामृडानीं स्वरथे निधायार्णवजः शिवम् । जालंधरजये तद्वदासीद्वादित्रनिस्वनः २२। चचाल वसुधा येन प्रतिनेदुर्महीधराः । हरस्य दर्शयामास पार्वतीं सिंधुनंदनः २३। रुद्रोऽप्यरिरथस्थां तां ददर्श निजवल्लभाम् । वियोगविधुरां दीनां तन्वीमातुरलोचनाम् २४। हा नाथ प्रिय रुद्रेति प्रजल्पंतीं पुनः पुनः । प्रौढवैरिरथे दृष्ट्वा पाखंडिस्थां यथा श्रुतिम् २५। गौरीं दध्यौ तथा स्थाणुः कथं प्राप्या प्रिया मया । विललाप ततः शंभुर्दैत्यमायाविमोहितः २६। मोहो मे दानवैः कांते हृतासि त्वां कथं प्रिये । शोकमोहप्लुतं दृष्ट्वा शंकरं सागरात्मजः २७। जगाद प्रहसन्वाक्यं कश्चित्कारुण्यवान्यथा । सर्वप्रमाणशून्योऽसि स्मर शृंगारवर्जितः २८। ईश्वरोऽपि वराकस्त्वं संजातोंबिकया विना । मा रोदीर्हि विरूपाक्ष ददामि तव वल्लभाम् २९। रक्षितोऽसि मया रुद्र गृहीत्वा पार्वतीं रणात् । इत्युक्त्वा गिरिशं तूर्णमुत्तार्य स्वरथादुमाम् ३०। सैन्यं संप्रेषयामास शंकराभिमुखं किल । हरोऽपि वृषभेणाशु तत्सैन्यं समधावत ३१। गृहीतुं पार्वतीं पाहि त्राहित्राहीति जल्पतीम् । यावद्गृह्णाति तां गौरीं करेण वृषभध्वजः ३२। तावच्छुंभासुरः शीघ्रं गृहीत्वा चांबरे स्थितः । शूलं मुमोच बलवान्हंतुं शुंभासुरं हरः ३३। शुंभेन सा परित्यक्ता शूलोपरि पपात ह । रुदंती चारुसर्वांगी त्यक्ता शूलेन संयुता ३४। पतिता शंकरस्याग्रे तथेत्युक्त्वा ममार च । मायागौरीं मृतां दृष्ट्वा शोकमोहपरिप्लुतः ३५। हा प्रियेति रुदन्रुद्रः पपात भुवि मूर्च्छितः । क्षणं संज्ञामवाप्याथ रणभूमावुमापतिः । शशाप शुंभप्रमुखान्गौरी युष्मान्हनिष्यति ३६। नारद उवाच- अथ शुंभादयो दैत्या रणे देव्या निपातिताः । महेश्वरस्य शापेन गते मंन्वतरे नृप ३७। शपित्वा तान्रुरोदाथ जल्पन्निर्गत्य शंकरः । क्व गतासि प्रियेत्युक्त्वा दुःखितं मां रणांगणे ३८। रतिं त्यक्त्वा वियोगार्तः श्रीकंठोऽहं त्वया कृतः । वासुदेवोऽपि मां त्यक्तं न जानाति त्वया प्रिये ३९। यज्ञे दक्षस्याग्निकुंडे शिरो देवि हुतं त्वया । भूयो हि भवती लब्धा कथं त्यजसि मां पुनः ४०। उतिष्ठोतिष्ठ चार्वंगि गिरिजे मां प्रबोधय । अत्रांतरे शिवं ज्ञात्वा दैत्यमायाविमोहितम् ४१। देवतागणमध्यस्थो ह्यंतरिक्षादुपागमत् । विलपंतमुवाचेदमदृश्यः कमलासनः ४२। ब्रह्मोवाच- त्वं शोकमोहपितृमातृविवर्जितोऽसि दुःखं सुखं सुतकलत्ररिपुर्न चास्ति । जातोऽसि नैव जनकेन जनिष्यमाणस्त्वं मन्यसे ऋषिगणैश्च कुतो विमोहः ४३। एकोऽसि नाथ बहुधा कृतविग्रहोऽसि सूर्यो यथा जलधिवीचिषु दृश्यमानः । ध्यानेन यांति यमिनस्तव पादमूलं रूपं परं दुरवबोधमवाच्यमेव ४४। नैषा प्रिया तव समानतया विपन्ना जालंधरेण रचितां जहि देव मायाम् । सा पार्वती कमलकोशगता हि शंभो युद्धस्व वैरिनिवहं जहि पाहि चास्मान् ४५। श्रुत्वेति ब्रह्मणो वाक्यमवबुद्धो महेश्वरः । ज्ञात्वा तां दानवीमायां मुमोच महती शिलाम् ४६। तया जघान समरे दैत्यकोटिशतत्रयम् । ततो वृषभमारुह्य क्रोधेन महता नृप ४७। धनुः पिनाकं युद्धाय धूर्जटिर्जगृहे शरान् । अथ मायापरित्यक्तं शर्वमालोक्य सिंधुजः ४८। सुरेशमोहनं मायाजालमत्यद्भुतं नृप । अन्यदाविश्चकाराशु भृशं मायामहाबलम् ४९। जालंधरः कोटिभुजो बभूव वृक्षास्त्रशस्त्रैर्युयुधे वृषांकम् । अथांतराले पृथिवीं चकार समुद्रसूनुर्गिरिधातुमंडिताम् 6.18.५०। देवतायतनै रम्यैर्नानापुष्पसमाकुलैः । मंडितां नृप भूमिं च चकारोदधिनंदनः । नृत्यंति यत्राप्सरसो मेनकाद्या मनोहरा ५१। विस्मृत्य शंभुस्तदपास्यकार्मुकं सद्यः प्रतस्थे वृषभोपरि स्थितः । वादित्रगीतैर्भुवि मोहितो भृशं दैत्येंद्रमायामय तांडवेन सः ५२। विमोहितं वीक्ष्य वृषस्थितं हरं नित्यं समुद्रः सह तांडवेन । गीतेन वाद्येन च नृत्यलीलया ननाद रूपी तरसा विमोहितुम् ५३। जंतून्क्षिप्त्वोदधौ तांश्च सहस्रं स ततोत्सवः । क्व च ता देवताः सर्वाः क्व नंदिप्रमुखा गणाः ५४। अपि त्वं माननीयोऽसि मोहितो दैत्यमायया । किमद्य शंभो भगवन्नुपेक्ष्यते उदीर्यचक्रं जठरस्थितं च ५५। वधाय चास्यैव कृतं महेश जालंधरं संहरते न चाजौ । इति कृष्णस्य वचनात्तत्स्मृत्वात्मानमीश्वरम् ५६। आरुह्य वृषभं शीघ्रमाजगाम महारणम् । तमागतं शिवं दृष्ट्वा सर्वसैन्यसमावृतः ५७। रुरोध समरे राजन्क्रुद्धो जालंधरोऽसुरः । हरस्य कुपितस्यासीत्सृष्टिसंहारकारकम् ५८। रूपं तृतीयनेत्राग्नौ दानवाः शलभा यथा । रुपं दृष्ट्वा भगवतो रौद्रज्वालामयं नृप ५९। शुंभादयस्तदा दैत्या राहुप्रभृतयश्च ये । रुद्रं निरीक्ष्य संत्रस्ताः पातालं विविशुर्भयात् ६०। सेनाभटाननेकांश्च हतान्दृष्ट्वा महामृधे । शुंभादीन्हतशेषांस्तान्दृष्ट्वात्मानं पलायितान् ६१। तदा जालंधरः संख्ये एको गिरिरिवस्थितः । परमार्थं रुद्ररूपं हृष्टः साक्षाद्विलोकयन् ६२। ततो जालंधरः प्राह महादेवं प्रहस्य च । रूपं संहर येन त्वं दहसे सचराचरम् ६३। शस्त्रेण कुरु संग्रामं त्यक्त्वा योगबलं निजम् । इति जालंधरवचः श्रुत्वोवाच ततः शिवः ६४। वरं वरय दैत्येश प्रीतोऽस्मि तव कर्मणा । ईदृक्षमपि मद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा यन्निर्भयोऽधुना ६५। अपि ब्रह्मांडमखिलं मद्रूपस्यास्य दानव । तेजसो वीक्षणेनालं तत्र त्वमसि निर्भयः ६६। नारद उवाच- इति शंभोः प्रसादं च मत्वा संसारनिस्पृहः । जालंधरो हराद्वव्रे मुक्तिं सायुज्यतां पराम् ६७। श्रीमहादेव उवाच-। दिव्यं देहमिदं दैत्य भोगसिद्धियुतं तव । वृंदा मनोहरं रम्यमिहस्थं कालमश्नुते ६८। मुहूर्तं परमात्मानं तमेकाकिनमव्ययम् । अबुद्ध्वा त्यजसे मूर्ख कथं त्वं मुक्तिमिच्छसि ६९। वृंदा तव प्रिया राज्ञी हृता सा योगमायया । ब्रह्मस्वरूपं विज्ञाय प्राप्ता तत्परमं पदम् ७०। इदानीं दुर्ल्लभा सा च तत्पदं चैव दुर्ल्लभम् । स्वर्गापवर्गयोर्मध्ये संसारे वरमाप्नुहि ७१। जालंधर उवाच- देवमुक्तपदं लभ्यं कृतकृत्येन केनचित् । इदानीं कृतकृत्योऽस्मि यत्त्वां पश्ये त्वया हतः ७२। शिव उवाच- मत्स्थानं परमं क्षेत्रं यदि त्वं गंतुमुत्सुकः । तर्हि मां कोपयस्वाशु दैत्यं हत्वा दृढैः शरैः ७३। ततोऽहं त्वां हनिष्यामि मत्स्थानं यास्यसेऽनघ । महेश्वरवचः श्रुत्वा प्राह जालंधरः शिवम् ७४। त्वयि सर्वजगत्पूज्ये पूर्वं न प्रहराम्यहम् ७५। नारद उवाच- एवमुक्तो जघानाशु सिंधुजं विशिखैः शिवः । ते शराः सिंधुपुत्रस्य देहलग्ना विभांति च ७६। यथा लोहगिरिप्रांते वेणवो वह्निदीपिताः । जालंधरो हरस्यांगं पूरयामास मार्गणैः ७७। तैः शरैः शुशुभे रुद्रो यथा खं खेचराकुलम् । जालंधरेशयोर्युद्धं तथा द्वंद्वमभून्नृप ७८। हरादन्येन हंतास्ति न सोढान्योऽर्णवात्मजात् । गिरिकोटिसहस्रैस्तु तदा पृथ्वीपुटोद्धृतैः ७९। पूरयामास समरे सिंधुजः पार्वतीपतिम् । ततः शूलेन निहतो रुद्रेणोरसि दानवः ८०। निःससार मुखात्तस्य ज्वरो जंभो भयंकरः । स च वीरज्वरोनाम सिंहवक्त्रो नराकृतिः ८१। दैत्यदेहाद्विनिष्क्रांतं दृष्ट्वा सिंहमुखं ज्वरम् । हुंकारमकरोद्घोरं शरभस्तत्र निर्ययौ ८२। शिवस्य निःसृतेनासौ शरभेण निपातितः । अजेयं शंकरं दृष्ट्वा वृषभेंद्रेण संयुतम् ८३। आययौ वृषभाभ्याशे तरसा सागरात्मजः । वृषं पुच्छे गृहीत्वा च भ्रामयामास चांबरे ८४। जालंधरो महाबाहुश्चिक्षेप हिमवद्गिरौ । ततस्त्रिशूलमत्युग्रं मुमोच गिरिजापतिः ८५। तद्धस्तेन गृहीत्वा च दैत्येशः शिवसन्निधौ । रथारूढो धनुर्गृह्य कालकेदारमब्धिजः ८६। पूरयामास विशिखैः शिवमुर्वीतले स्थितम् । उग्रः शस्त्राञ्छरान्छित्वा बाणै रथमचूर्णयत् ८७। दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं सारथ्यश्व समन्वितम् । जालंरोऽपि विरथो अभ्यधावन्मृधे शिवम् ८८। तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरमद्भुतं लोमहर्षणम् । तद्दृष्ट्वाऽकांडकल्पांत शंकया तत्र सुःसुराः ८९। सर्वास्त्रैस्तावदन्योन्यं जघ्नतुर्भीमविक्रमौ । पद्भिः पृथ्वीं चालयंतौ कंपयंतौ नभः स्वनैः ९०। अथोत्कटं बलं दृष्ट्वा दानवेंद्रस्य शंकरः । शस्त्रजालं जहाराशु योगमायाबलेन सः ९१। ततः कोटिभुजो दैत्यो दंष्ट्रा भीषणलोचनः । शस्त्रहीनोऽपि तरसा धावमानो हरं ययौ ९२। विशालकरबंधेन बबंध समरे शिवम् । ततस्तस्य कृपाणेन चिच्छेद करकाननम् ९३। सिंधुजेन भुजाक्रांतो रुद्रोभून्नीललोहितः । लीलया योधयामास रणेऽसौ सिंधुनंदनः ९४। छिन्नहस्तोऽपि युयुधे स्वर्भानुः शिरसा यथा । नियुद्धेन नदीसूनुस्तोषयामास शंकरम् ९५। परितुष्टोऽब्रवीच्छंभुर्वरं वरय दुर्लभम् । जालंधरेणसोऽप्युक्तस्त्वं मे देह्यात्मनः पदम् ९६। मम दोःशस्त्रहीनस्य नावज्ञां कर्तुमर्हसि । शीघ्रं प्रयच्छ मे सिद्धिं नोचेत्त्वां संहराम्यहम् ९७। इत्युक्त्वा सभुजो भूत्वा जघ्ने तं मुष्टिनोरसि । ततः सुदर्शनं चक्रं पुरा यन्निर्मितं स्वयम् ९८। मुखादुद्गीर्य तद्धस्ते गृहीत्वा तोलयद्रुषा । सूर्यकोटिसहस्राभं ग्रसंतं सचराचरम् ९९। तेन चक्रेण चिच्छेद शिरो जालंधरस्य च । ततस्तच्छीर्षमुत्प्लुत्य गगने शतयोजनम् 6.18.१००। दंष्ट्रा शतकरालास्यं स्वर्भूमिनयनं च यत् । व्याघ्रगत्या ततो यातं सदनं ब्रह्मणो नृप १०१। भूयः स्वर्गे ततो दृष्ट्वा मृडः शीर्षमधावत । स्रवत्तद्रुधिरं भूरि प्रकुर्वद्भैरवस्वनम् १०२। ततो दिशः प्रणष्टास्ता गगनं विलयं गतम् । न तेजसां प्रकाशोऽस्ति चचाल वसुधा भयात् १०३। आपतंतं जघानाशु रुद्रश्चक्रेण तच्छिरः । द्विधा भूत्वाथ राजेंद्र पपात हिमवद्गिरौ १०४। ततो जालंधरस्याशु शिरसः शकले किल । विशतः सर्वभूतानां पश्यतां स्म वृषाकपौ १०५। तस्य कंठात्समुद्भूता दैत्याः शतसहस्रशः । ते हतास्तेन चक्रेण कपर्दिकरशालिना १०६। जालंधरकबंधं तन्ननर्त रुधिरारुणम् । पुनः पुनः समुद्भूतास्तस्य कंठात्तु दानवाः १०७। पुनः पुनर्बलवता छिन्नाश्चक्रेण शंभुना । मेदसा सिंधुपुत्रस्य पूरिता सकला मही १०८। मेदिनी मेदसैवैषा ख्यातिं प्राप्ता तु पार्थिव । यत्र दैत्यवरस्यास्य शोणितं शैलतां गतम् १०९। कैलासस्योत्तरे भागे तत्राभूच्छोणितं पुरम् । अथ मांसचयान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वतो व्याप्य तिष्ठतः ११०। तदा सस्मार देवेशश्चतुःषष्टिगणं रणे । विज्ञानस्मरणाद्देव्यः संप्राप्ताः शंकरांतिकम् १११। कृतांजलिपुटाः प्रोचुः शिव किं करवामहे ११२। महादेव उवाच- य एते दैत्यमांसस्य राशयो गिरिसन्निभाः । भक्षयध्वं युताः शीघ्रं दत्तानुज्ञा मया तु वः ११३। ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा । वाराही चैव माहेंद्री सर्वाः स्वगणशोभिताः ११४। एवं शंकरनिर्दिष्टा देव्यस्ता मांससंचयान् । क्रूरेण चक्षुषालोक्य निन्युश्चादर्शनं क्षणात् ११५। अथ जालंधरवपुः क्षीणं क्रांतं तु शक्तिभिः । ताभिर्ग्रस्ते शरीरे तु तस्य देहाद्विनिःसृता ११६। प्रभासा शंकरं प्राप्ता जगामादर्शनं क्षणात् । तत्तेजः सूर्यसंकाशं लयं प्राप्तं महेश्वरे ११७। एवं स विलयं प्राप्तः त्रिदिशारिस्त्रिलोचनात् । वृणुध्वं च वरं सर्वाः प्रीतः प्राह महेश्वरः ११८। तदा ताः सर्वयोगिन्यः पप्रच्छुर्जगदीश्वरम् । मर्त्यलोकेषु ये लोका भोगमोक्षवरेप्सवः ११९। पूजयिष्यंति ते नित्यं स्वगृहे योगिनीगणम् । तत्तेषां वांछितं सर्वं सिध्यतां त्वत्प्रसादतः १२०। महादेव उवाच- यः कश्चित्पूजयेन्नित्यं भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । युष्मद्गणं च तस्याहं वरदोऽस्मि धरातले १२१। मद्भक्तः केशवस्यापि द्वेष्टि यो योगिनीगणम् । भैरवोऽहं तदा तस्य हरिष्ये सुकृतं कृतम् १२२। इति दत्तवरा हृष्टा योगिन्यो विभुना मृधे । अत्रांतरे भवानीं तां सस्मार वृषभं हरः १२३। स्मृतमात्रा पार्वती सा वृषभश्चागमत्क्षणात् । सखीगणसमायुक्ता संप्राप्ता हरवल्लभा १२४। संत्यक्त्वा भ्रामरीं मूर्तिं हरस्यार्द्धं समारुहत् । गिरिजासहितो राजन्महेशो मुमुदे ततः १२५। योगिनीं प्रत्युवाचेदं पिबध्वं रुधिरं नृप । जालंधरकबंधस्थं ताः श्रुत्वा जहृषुर्भृशम् १२६। मांसमेदोह्यसृक्पीत्वा योगिन्यो ननृतुर्मुदा । ततो हरः प्रसन्नोऽभूत्तासां क्रीडनवीक्षणात् १२७। स्वयं च भैरवं रूपं कृत्वा तन्मध्यगः पपौ । तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रा महाकायास्तदासन्योगिनी गणाः १२८। ग्रसंतोऽद्यापि मांसानि काले चापि पिबंत्यसृक् । तेन जालंधरो दैत्यो नोत्तिष्ठति रणे हतः १२९। ततस्तत्र समाजग्मुर्ब्रह्माद्या देवतागणाः । ऋषयो मरुतो देवा स्तुवंति स्म महेश्वरम् १३०। दिशः प्रसेदुः सुरभिर्ववौ मरुद्दिवः प्रपेतुर्भुवि पुष्पवृष्टयः । कृताभिषेकस्य च तस्य निःस्वनान्संनादिता दुंदुभयोऽपि चक्रिरे १३१। उपरि परिमलांधैः सुस्वरं संपतद्भिर्मधुकरनिकुरं बैरुह्यमाणाभरेण । अविरलमधुधारासारसंसिक्तभूमिः सदसि सुरविमुक्ता प्रापतत्पुष्पवृष्टिः १३२। हते तदा सिंधुसुते हरेण नाराचघातैस्त्रिजगत्तदा बभौ । प्रसूनवृष्टिर्ननृतुस्तदांगना जगुश्च यक्षाः सुरकिन्नराद्याः १३३। शंभुर्वैरिजयोत्थितेन यशसा स्फारांगकीर्तिर्गिरिं । स्वं भेजे सुरसिद्धचारणगणैः संस्तूयमानः सदा । गौरी चापि जगाम चाशु गिरितः श्वेतः । सखीसंवृता संचक्रुस्त्वभिसेवनं सुमनसां वर्षेण देवांगना १३४। देवोऽसौ करुणामयः सुरगणान्स्वे स्वे पदे स्थापयन्। प्रादादन्यदपि स्वकं वसु ततो ज्ञात्वा पतिं शंकरः । किं वक्तव्यमतः परं यदि भवेदीशानुकंपा परा । कोऽयं वा त्रिदिवो धरातलमिदं स्यादात्मसात्सर्वतः १३५। देवाः स्वराज्यमासाद्य यथापूर्वं चकाशिरे । बुभुजुर्यज्ञभागांस्ते लोकपालत्वमाश्रिताः १३६। नारद उवाच- इति जालंधरस्योक्तं यथावदनुपूर्वशः । चरितं लोकवीरस्य राजन्नत्यद्भुतं तव १३७। विष्णुस्त्यजति नाद्यापि क्षीराब्धिं यद्वशो नृप । सर्वोऽपि भुंक्ते स्वं कर्म कर्म तद्विद्ध्यसंशयम् १३८। तुभ्यं दुःखनिरासाय प्रोक्तमाख्यानमुत्तमम् । यावद्देहोस्ति कर्माणि सुखदुःखानि कर्मतः १३९। देही भुंक्ते वशो राजन्त्राणं न ज्ञानतः परम् । कृष्णादीनां देहबंधे सुखदुःखादि वर्तते १४०। तत्रेतरेषां किं वाच्यं ये वैराग्यपराङ्मुखाः । ज्ञात्वेदृशीं कर्मगतिं सर्वेभ्यो बलवत्तमाम् १४१। धीरो भव प्रतीक्षस्व शुभकर्मागमं पुनः । शत्रून्जित्वा तु समये स्वं राज्यं पुनराप्स्यसि १४२। इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा न दुःखै परिभूयते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्च यथावच्चात्र कीर्त्तिताः १४३। स्वर्ग्यं पापहरं पुण्यं शोकमोहविनाशनम् । ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानमाप्नोति राज्यं प्राप्नोति क्षत्रियः १४४। वैश्यश्च बह्वीं संपत्तिं श्रुत्वा शूद्रः सुखं लभेत् । यो राजा भ्रष्टराज्योऽपि रतः सन्नेव सत्पथि १४५। स राज्यं पुनराप्नोति श्रवणान्नित्यमस्य तु । आकर्ण्यैतत्सतां राजन्श्राव्यमन्यन्न रोचते १४६। कलं च कोकिलालापं रूक्षं ध्वांक्षरुतं यथा । आख्यानमेतदनघं श्रुत्वा सज्जनहृत्प्रियः १४७। हिरण्यतिलवस्त्राद्यैर्धेनुभूमिप्रदानतः । संतोषयेद्वाचकं तु तस्मिंस्तुष्टे फलं लभेत् १४८। देवताश्च प्रसीदेयुरर्चिते वाचके गुरौ । अन्नदानानि दद्याच्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रपूजयेत् १४९। जायते विजयी नित्यं पुत्रपौत्रसमृद्धिमान् । जायते विष्णुलोके यः शृणोत्याख्यानमुत्तमम् 6.18.१५०। इति व्याजेन भो भूप तुलस्युत्पत्तिकारणम् । ये शृण्वंति नरश्रेष्ठा न तेषां पातकं क्वचित् १५१। तुलसीमाहात्म्यमिदं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । श्रुत्वा तु लभते मोक्षमुक्त्वा चैव न संशयः १५२। स्वगृहे रोपिता चैव तुलसी पापनाशिनी । दर्शनाद्ब्रह्महत्यापि नश्यते नात्र संशयः १५३। कार्तिके चैव माघे तु तुलस्या पूजयेद्धरिम् । वैशाखे तु विशेषेण पूजनं च हरेः स्मृतम् १५४। एकेनैव प्रदक्षिणेन सकलं पापं गतं वै सदा ये शूद्रा । भुवि संति दाननिरताः कालेन शुद्धिं गताः । तेपि स्युः सुरपूजनार्हतनवः पापाच्च दूरं गताः ये वै। विष्णुजनाश्च दुर्लभतरा ह्यस्मिन्कलौ सांप्रतम् १५५। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशतसहस्रसंहितायां उत्तरखंडे जालंधरोपाख्याने श्रीजालंधरवधमहोत्सवोनामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः १८।

śrīnārada uvāca- atha jālaṃdharaḥ prāha rakṣātmānamitaḥ śivam | śivādya tvāṃ kṣipāmyāśu yatrāste madhusūdanaḥ 1| paścādbrahmāṇamākṛṣya pātayiṣyāmi sāgare | dhṛteṣu yuṣmāsu yadā tadā sarveśvaro hyaham 2| ityuktvā sainyasaṃbhāraṃ nyasya śuṃbhāsurādiṣu | bhaṭairguptaṃ niśuṃbhādyaiścaturaṃgamanaṃtakam 3| śuṃbho niśuṃbhaḥ pheṃkāro pheruṃḍo dhūmralocanaḥ | keturbiḍālajaṃghaśca rāhurdurvāraṇo yamaḥ 4| kālāsuro'tha lavaṇo bhūmiretoṃdhakāsuraḥ | raktavīryādayaścaṃḍī cāmuṃḍī daityapuṃgavāḥ 5| sarvānevodyatāndṛṣṭvā saṃkhye dānavapuṃgavān | rurudhuḥ samare rājanvīrabhadrādayo gaṇāḥ 6| tato yuddhamabhūddhoraṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | pataṃti prathamā yatra daityāścāpi kṣatāturāḥ 7| atha śuṃbhādibhirdaityaiḥ sarvaśastrairmahāmṛdhe | hatāḥ peturgaṇāścānye palāyāṃcakrire nṛpa 8| gaṇānvijitya samare rurudhurdānavāḥ śivam | varṣaṃtaḥ śaradhārābhirghanā merugiriṃ yathā 9| tataḥ pinākamākṛṣya vṛṣabhopari bhairavaḥ | jaghāna bāṇanivahairdānavānsamarāṃgaṇe | tīkṣṇāgraistu kṣurapraughairdānavānahanadbalī 10| kecinnaṃdiprahāreṇa petuḥ saṃgrāmamūrdhani | bāṇaiśca jarjarānkṛtvā śuṃbhādīnvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ 11| śeṣaṃ sainyaṃ jaghānāśu śastrāstraiḥ samarāṃgaṇe | gajairnarairhayairvyāptaṃ patitaiḥ samarāṃgaṇam 12| babhūva vajranirbhinnaiḥ parvatairiva bhūtalam | atha māyāmayīṃ gaurīṃ vidadhe siṃdhunaṃdanaḥ 13| sauṃdaryaguṇasaṃpannāṃ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitām | jayāṃ māyāmayīṃ kṛtvā samuvācābdhinaṃdanaḥ 14| gaccha tvaṃ purato rudraṃ vimohaya raṇe drutam | ityuktvā daityapatinā yayau māyāmayī jayā 15| raṇe gatvā śivasyāgre muktakeśī ruroda ha | pṛṣṭā hareṇa sā prāha mānasottaraparvatāt 16| hṛtā tava priyā deva pārvatī siṃdhusūnunā | śrutveti vacanaṃ tasyāstāmuvāca vṛṣadhvajaḥ 17| jaye tvamehi vṛṣabhaṃ tvāṃ hariṣyaṃti dānavāḥ | tato vṛṣabhamāruhya jayā cāliṃgya śaṃkaram 18| prāha prayāmi pārvatyā na jīvāmi vinā hara | caṃdraṃ śaṃbhujaṭāviṣṭaṃ gṛhītvā vṛṣabhāddrutam 19| avārohata sā māyā māyāṣvakto raṇaṃ yayau | tato gaurīṃ hṛtāṃ śrutvā ciṃtayāmāsa śaṃkaraḥ 20| daityamāyāpariṣvakto nātmānaṃ bubudhe nṛpa | etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ 21| māyāmṛḍānīṃ svarathe nidhāyārṇavajaḥ śivam | jālaṃdharajaye tadvadāsīdvāditranisvanaḥ 22| cacāla vasudhā yena pratinedurmahīdharāḥ | harasya darśayāmāsa pārvatīṃ siṃdhunaṃdanaḥ 23| rudro'pyarirathasthāṃ tāṃ dadarśa nijavallabhām | viyogavidhurāṃ dīnāṃ tanvīmāturalocanām 24| hā nātha priya rudreti prajalpaṃtīṃ punaḥ punaḥ | prauḍhavairirathe dṛṣṭvā pākhaṃḍisthāṃ yathā śrutim 25| gaurīṃ dadhyau tathā sthāṇuḥ kathaṃ prāpyā priyā mayā | vilalāpa tataḥ śaṃbhurdaityamāyāvimohitaḥ 26| moho me dānavaiḥ kāṃte hṛtāsi tvāṃ kathaṃ priye | śokamohaplutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkaraṃ sāgarātmajaḥ 27| jagāda prahasanvākyaṃ kaścitkāruṇyavānyathā | sarvapramāṇaśūnyo'si smara śṛṃgāravarjitaḥ 28| īśvaro'pi varākastvaṃ saṃjātoṃbikayā vinā | mā rodīrhi virūpākṣa dadāmi tava vallabhām 29| rakṣito'si mayā rudra gṛhītvā pārvatīṃ raṇāt | ityuktvā giriśaṃ tūrṇamuttārya svarathādumām 30| sainyaṃ saṃpreṣayāmāsa śaṃkarābhimukhaṃ kila | haro'pi vṛṣabheṇāśu tatsainyaṃ samadhāvata 31| gṛhītuṃ pārvatīṃ pāhi trāhitrāhīti jalpatīm | yāvadgṛhṇāti tāṃ gaurīṃ kareṇa vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ 32| tāvacchuṃbhāsuraḥ śīghraṃ gṛhītvā cāṃbare sthitaḥ | śūlaṃ mumoca balavānhaṃtuṃ śuṃbhāsuraṃ haraḥ 33| śuṃbhena sā parityaktā śūlopari papāta ha | rudaṃtī cārusarvāṃgī tyaktā śūlena saṃyutā 34| patitā śaṃkarasyāgre tathetyuktvā mamāra ca | māyāgaurīṃ mṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā śokamohapariplutaḥ 35| hā priyeti rudanrudraḥ papāta bhuvi mūrcchitaḥ | kṣaṇaṃ saṃjñāmavāpyātha raṇabhūmāvumāpatiḥ | śaśāpa śuṃbhapramukhāngaurī yuṣmānhaniṣyati 36| nārada uvāca- atha śuṃbhādayo daityā raṇe devyā nipātitāḥ | maheśvarasya śāpena gate maṃnvatare nṛpa 37| śapitvā tānrurodātha jalpannirgatya śaṃkaraḥ | kva gatāsi priyetyuktvā duḥkhitaṃ māṃ raṇāṃgaṇe 38| ratiṃ tyaktvā viyogārtaḥ śrīkaṃṭho'haṃ tvayā kṛtaḥ | vāsudevo'pi māṃ tyaktaṃ na jānāti tvayā priye 39| yajñe dakṣasyāgnikuṃḍe śiro devi hutaṃ tvayā | bhūyo hi bhavatī labdhā kathaṃ tyajasi māṃ punaḥ 40| utiṣṭhotiṣṭha cārvaṃgi girije māṃ prabodhaya | atrāṃtare śivaṃ jñātvā daityamāyāvimohitam 41| devatāgaṇamadhyastho hyaṃtarikṣādupāgamat | vilapaṃtamuvācedamadṛśyaḥ kamalāsanaḥ 42| brahmovāca- tvaṃ śokamohapitṛmātṛvivarjito'si duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ sutakalatraripurna cāsti | jāto'si naiva janakena janiṣyamāṇastvaṃ manyase ṛṣigaṇaiśca kuto vimohaḥ 43| eko'si nātha bahudhā kṛtavigraho'si sūryo yathā jaladhivīciṣu dṛśyamānaḥ | dhyānena yāṃti yaminastava pādamūlaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ duravabodhamavācyameva 44| naiṣā priyā tava samānatayā vipannā jālaṃdhareṇa racitāṃ jahi deva māyām | sā pārvatī kamalakośagatā hi śaṃbho yuddhasva vairinivahaṃ jahi pāhi cāsmān 45| śrutveti brahmaṇo vākyamavabuddho maheśvaraḥ | jñātvā tāṃ dānavīmāyāṃ mumoca mahatī śilām 46| tayā jaghāna samare daityakoṭiśatatrayam | tato vṛṣabhamāruhya krodhena mahatā nṛpa 47| dhanuḥ pinākaṃ yuddhāya dhūrjaṭirjagṛhe śarān | atha māyāparityaktaṃ śarvamālokya siṃdhujaḥ 48| sureśamohanaṃ māyājālamatyadbhutaṃ nṛpa | anyadāviścakārāśu bhṛśaṃ māyāmahābalam 49| jālaṃdharaḥ koṭibhujo babhūva vṛkṣāstraśastrairyuyudhe vṛṣāṃkam | athāṃtarāle pṛthivīṃ cakāra samudrasūnurgiridhātumaṃḍitām 6.18.50| devatāyatanai ramyairnānāpuṣpasamākulaiḥ | maṃḍitāṃ nṛpa bhūmiṃ ca cakārodadhinaṃdanaḥ | nṛtyaṃti yatrāpsaraso menakādyā manoharā 51| vismṛtya śaṃbhustadapāsyakārmukaṃ sadyaḥ pratasthe vṛṣabhopari sthitaḥ | vāditragītairbhuvi mohito bhṛśaṃ daityeṃdramāyāmaya tāṃḍavena saḥ 52| vimohitaṃ vīkṣya vṛṣasthitaṃ haraṃ nityaṃ samudraḥ saha tāṃḍavena | gītena vādyena ca nṛtyalīlayā nanāda rūpī tarasā vimohitum 53| jaṃtūnkṣiptvodadhau tāṃśca sahasraṃ sa tatotsavaḥ | kva ca tā devatāḥ sarvāḥ kva naṃdipramukhā gaṇāḥ 54| api tvaṃ mānanīyo'si mohito daityamāyayā | kimadya śaṃbho bhagavannupekṣyate udīryacakraṃ jaṭharasthitaṃ ca 55| vadhāya cāsyaiva kṛtaṃ maheśa jālaṃdharaṃ saṃharate na cājau | iti kṛṣṇasya vacanāttatsmṛtvātmānamīśvaram 56| āruhya vṛṣabhaṃ śīghramājagāma mahāraṇam | tamāgataṃ śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ 57| rurodha samare rājankruddho jālaṃdharo'suraḥ | harasya kupitasyāsītsṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakam 58| rūpaṃ tṛtīyanetrāgnau dānavāḥ śalabhā yathā | rupaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavato raudrajvālāmayaṃ nṛpa 59| śuṃbhādayastadā daityā rāhuprabhṛtayaśca ye | rudraṃ nirīkṣya saṃtrastāḥ pātālaṃ viviśurbhayāt 60| senābhaṭānanekāṃśca hatāndṛṣṭvā mahāmṛdhe | śuṃbhādīnhataśeṣāṃstāndṛṣṭvātmānaṃ palāyitān 61| tadā jālaṃdharaḥ saṃkhye eko giririvasthitaḥ | paramārthaṃ rudrarūpaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ sākṣādvilokayan 62| tato jālaṃdharaḥ prāha mahādevaṃ prahasya ca | rūpaṃ saṃhara yena tvaṃ dahase sacarācaram 63| śastreṇa kuru saṃgrāmaṃ tyaktvā yogabalaṃ nijam | iti jālaṃdharavacaḥ śrutvovāca tataḥ śivaḥ 64| varaṃ varaya daityeśa prīto'smi tava karmaṇā | īdṛkṣamapi madrūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā yannirbhayo'dhunā 65| api brahmāṃḍamakhilaṃ madrūpasyāsya dānava | tejaso vīkṣaṇenālaṃ tatra tvamasi nirbhayaḥ 66| nārada uvāca- iti śaṃbhoḥ prasādaṃ ca matvā saṃsāranispṛhaḥ | jālaṃdharo harādvavre muktiṃ sāyujyatāṃ parām 67| śrīmahādeva uvāca-| divyaṃ dehamidaṃ daitya bhogasiddhiyutaṃ tava | vṛṃdā manoharaṃ ramyamihasthaṃ kālamaśnute 68| muhūrtaṃ paramātmānaṃ tamekākinamavyayam | abuddhvā tyajase mūrkha kathaṃ tvaṃ muktimicchasi 69| vṛṃdā tava priyā rājñī hṛtā sā yogamāyayā | brahmasvarūpaṃ vijñāya prāptā tatparamaṃ padam 70| idānīṃ durllabhā sā ca tatpadaṃ caiva durllabham | svargāpavargayormadhye saṃsāre varamāpnuhi 71| jālaṃdhara uvāca- devamuktapadaṃ labhyaṃ kṛtakṛtyena kenacit | idānīṃ kṛtakṛtyo'smi yattvāṃ paśye tvayā hataḥ 72| śiva uvāca- matsthānaṃ paramaṃ kṣetraṃ yadi tvaṃ gaṃtumutsukaḥ | tarhi māṃ kopayasvāśu daityaṃ hatvā dṛḍhaiḥ śaraiḥ 73| tato'haṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi matsthānaṃ yāsyase'nagha | maheśvaravacaḥ śrutvā prāha jālaṃdharaḥ śivam 74| tvayi sarvajagatpūjye pūrvaṃ na praharāmyaham 75| nārada uvāca- evamukto jaghānāśu siṃdhujaṃ viśikhaiḥ śivaḥ | te śarāḥ siṃdhuputrasya dehalagnā vibhāṃti ca 76| yathā lohagiriprāṃte veṇavo vahnidīpitāḥ | jālaṃdharo harasyāṃgaṃ pūrayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ 77| taiḥ śaraiḥ śuśubhe rudro yathā khaṃ khecarākulam | jālaṃdhareśayoryuddhaṃ tathā dvaṃdvamabhūnnṛpa 78| harādanyena haṃtāsti na soḍhānyo'rṇavātmajāt | girikoṭisahasraistu tadā pṛthvīpuṭoddhṛtaiḥ 79| pūrayāmāsa samare siṃdhujaḥ pārvatīpatim | tataḥ śūlena nihato rudreṇorasi dānavaḥ 80| niḥsasāra mukhāttasya jvaro jaṃbho bhayaṃkaraḥ | sa ca vīrajvaronāma siṃhavaktro narākṛtiḥ 81| daityadehādviniṣkrāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā siṃhamukhaṃ jvaram | huṃkāramakarodghoraṃ śarabhastatra niryayau 82| śivasya niḥsṛtenāsau śarabheṇa nipātitaḥ | ajeyaṃ śaṃkaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣabheṃdreṇa saṃyutam 83| āyayau vṛṣabhābhyāśe tarasā sāgarātmajaḥ | vṛṣaṃ pucche gṛhītvā ca bhrāmayāmāsa cāṃbare 84| jālaṃdharo mahābāhuścikṣepa himavadgirau | tatastriśūlamatyugraṃ mumoca girijāpatiḥ 85| taddhastena gṛhītvā ca daityeśaḥ śivasannidhau | rathārūḍho dhanurgṛhya kālakedāramabdhijaḥ 86| pūrayāmāsa viśikhaiḥ śivamurvītale sthitam | ugraḥ śastrāñcharānchitvā bāṇai rathamacūrṇayat 87| daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ sārathyaśva samanvitam | jālaṃro'pi viratho abhyadhāvanmṛdhe śivam 88| tayoryuddhamabhūdghoramadbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | taddṛṣṭvā'kāṃḍakalpāṃta śaṃkayā tatra suḥsurāḥ 89| sarvāstraistāvadanyonyaṃ jaghnaturbhīmavikramau | padbhiḥ pṛthvīṃ cālayaṃtau kaṃpayaṃtau nabhaḥ svanaiḥ 90| athotkaṭaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānaveṃdrasya śaṃkaraḥ | śastrajālaṃ jahārāśu yogamāyābalena saḥ 91| tataḥ koṭibhujo daityo daṃṣṭrā bhīṣaṇalocanaḥ | śastrahīno'pi tarasā dhāvamāno haraṃ yayau 92| viśālakarabaṃdhena babaṃdha samare śivam | tatastasya kṛpāṇena ciccheda karakānanam 93| siṃdhujena bhujākrāṃto rudrobhūnnīlalohitaḥ | līlayā yodhayāmāsa raṇe'sau siṃdhunaṃdanaḥ 94| chinnahasto'pi yuyudhe svarbhānuḥ śirasā yathā | niyuddhena nadīsūnustoṣayāmāsa śaṃkaram 95| parituṣṭo'bravīcchaṃbhurvaraṃ varaya durlabham | jālaṃdhareṇaso'pyuktastvaṃ me dehyātmanaḥ padam 96| mama doḥśastrahīnasya nāvajñāṃ kartumarhasi | śīghraṃ prayaccha me siddhiṃ nocettvāṃ saṃharāmyaham 97| ityuktvā sabhujo bhūtvā jaghne taṃ muṣṭinorasi | tataḥ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ purā yannirmitaṃ svayam 98| mukhādudgīrya taddhaste gṛhītvā tolayadruṣā | sūryakoṭisahasrābhaṃ grasaṃtaṃ sacarācaram 99| tena cakreṇa ciccheda śiro jālaṃdharasya ca | tatastacchīrṣamutplutya gagane śatayojanam 6.18.100| daṃṣṭrā śatakarālāsyaṃ svarbhūminayanaṃ ca yat | vyāghragatyā tato yātaṃ sadanaṃ brahmaṇo nṛpa 101| bhūyaḥ svarge tato dṛṣṭvā mṛḍaḥ śīrṣamadhāvata | sravattadrudhiraṃ bhūri prakurvadbhairavasvanam 102| tato diśaḥ praṇaṣṭāstā gaganaṃ vilayaṃ gatam | na tejasāṃ prakāśo'sti cacāla vasudhā bhayāt 103| āpataṃtaṃ jaghānāśu rudraścakreṇa tacchiraḥ | dvidhā bhūtvātha rājeṃdra papāta himavadgirau 104| tato jālaṃdharasyāśu śirasaḥ śakale kila | viśataḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ paśyatāṃ sma vṛṣākapau 105| tasya kaṃṭhātsamudbhūtā daityāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | te hatāstena cakreṇa kapardikaraśālinā 106| jālaṃdharakabaṃdhaṃ tannanarta rudhirāruṇam | punaḥ punaḥ samudbhūtāstasya kaṃṭhāttu dānavāḥ 107| punaḥ punarbalavatā chinnāścakreṇa śaṃbhunā | medasā siṃdhuputrasya pūritā sakalā mahī 108| medinī medasaivaiṣā khyātiṃ prāptā tu pārthiva | yatra daityavarasyāsya śoṇitaṃ śailatāṃ gatam 109| kailāsasyottare bhāge tatrābhūcchoṇitaṃ puram | atha māṃsacayāndṛṣṭvā sarvato vyāpya tiṣṭhataḥ 110| tadā sasmāra deveśaścatuḥṣaṣṭigaṇaṃ raṇe | vijñānasmaraṇāddevyaḥ saṃprāptāḥ śaṃkarāṃtikam 111| kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ procuḥ śiva kiṃ karavāmahe 112| mahādeva uvāca- ya ete daityamāṃsasya rāśayo girisannibhāḥ | bhakṣayadhvaṃ yutāḥ śīghraṃ dattānujñā mayā tu vaḥ 113| brāhmī māheśvarī caiva kaumārī vaiṣṇavī tathā | vārāhī caiva māheṃdrī sarvāḥ svagaṇaśobhitāḥ 114| evaṃ śaṃkaranirdiṣṭā devyastā māṃsasaṃcayān | krūreṇa cakṣuṣālokya ninyuścādarśanaṃ kṣaṇāt 115| atha jālaṃdharavapuḥ kṣīṇaṃ krāṃtaṃ tu śaktibhiḥ | tābhirgraste śarīre tu tasya dehādviniḥsṛtā 116| prabhāsā śaṃkaraṃ prāptā jagāmādarśanaṃ kṣaṇāt | tattejaḥ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ layaṃ prāptaṃ maheśvare 117| evaṃ sa vilayaṃ prāptaḥ tridiśāristrilocanāt | vṛṇudhvaṃ ca varaṃ sarvāḥ prītaḥ prāha maheśvaraḥ 118| tadā tāḥ sarvayoginyaḥ papracchurjagadīśvaram | martyalokeṣu ye lokā bhogamokṣavarepsavaḥ 119| pūjayiṣyaṃti te nityaṃ svagṛhe yoginīgaṇam | tatteṣāṃ vāṃchitaṃ sarvaṃ sidhyatāṃ tvatprasādataḥ 120| mahādeva uvāca- yaḥ kaścitpūjayennityaṃ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ | yuṣmadgaṇaṃ ca tasyāhaṃ varado'smi dharātale 121| madbhaktaḥ keśavasyāpi dveṣṭi yo yoginīgaṇam | bhairavo'haṃ tadā tasya hariṣye sukṛtaṃ kṛtam 122| iti dattavarā hṛṣṭā yoginyo vibhunā mṛdhe | atrāṃtare bhavānīṃ tāṃ sasmāra vṛṣabhaṃ haraḥ 123| smṛtamātrā pārvatī sā vṛṣabhaścāgamatkṣaṇāt | sakhīgaṇasamāyuktā saṃprāptā haravallabhā 124| saṃtyaktvā bhrāmarīṃ mūrtiṃ harasyārddhaṃ samāruhat | girijāsahito rājanmaheśo mumude tataḥ 125| yoginīṃ pratyuvācedaṃ pibadhvaṃ rudhiraṃ nṛpa | jālaṃdharakabaṃdhasthaṃ tāḥ śrutvā jahṛṣurbhṛśam 126| māṃsamedohyasṛkpītvā yoginyo nanṛturmudā | tato haraḥ prasanno'bhūttāsāṃ krīḍanavīkṣaṇāt 127| svayaṃ ca bhairavaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā tanmadhyagaḥ papau | tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrā mahākāyāstadāsanyoginī gaṇāḥ 128| grasaṃto'dyāpi māṃsāni kāle cāpi pibaṃtyasṛk | tena jālaṃdharo daityo nottiṣṭhati raṇe hataḥ 129| tatastatra samājagmurbrahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ | ṛṣayo maruto devā stuvaṃti sma maheśvaram 130| diśaḥ praseduḥ surabhirvavau maruddivaḥ prapeturbhuvi puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ | kṛtābhiṣekasya ca tasya niḥsvanānsaṃnāditā duṃdubhayo'pi cakrire 131| upari parimalāṃdhaiḥ susvaraṃ saṃpatadbhirmadhukaranikuraṃ bairuhyamāṇābhareṇa | aviralamadhudhārāsārasaṃsiktabhūmiḥ sadasi suravimuktā prāpatatpuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ 132| hate tadā siṃdhusute hareṇa nārācaghātaistrijagattadā babhau | prasūnavṛṣṭirnanṛtustadāṃganā jaguśca yakṣāḥ surakinnarādyāḥ 133| śaṃbhurvairijayotthitena yaśasā sphārāṃgakīrtirgiriṃ | svaṃ bheje surasiddhacāraṇagaṇaiḥ saṃstūyamānaḥ sadā | gaurī cāpi jagāma cāśu giritaḥ śvetaḥ | sakhīsaṃvṛtā saṃcakrustvabhisevanaṃ sumanasāṃ varṣeṇa devāṃganā 134| devo'sau karuṇāmayaḥ suragaṇānsve sve pade sthāpayan| prādādanyadapi svakaṃ vasu tato jñātvā patiṃ śaṃkaraḥ | kiṃ vaktavyamataḥ paraṃ yadi bhavedīśānukaṃpā parā | ko'yaṃ vā tridivo dharātalamidaṃ syādātmasātsarvataḥ 135| devāḥ svarājyamāsādya yathāpūrvaṃ cakāśire | bubhujuryajñabhāgāṃste lokapālatvamāśritāḥ 136| nārada uvāca- iti jālaṃdharasyoktaṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ | caritaṃ lokavīrasya rājannatyadbhutaṃ tava 137| viṣṇustyajati nādyāpi kṣīrābdhiṃ yadvaśo nṛpa | sarvo'pi bhuṃkte svaṃ karma karma tadviddhyasaṃśayam 138| tubhyaṃ duḥkhanirāsāya proktamākhyānamuttamam | yāvaddehosti karmāṇi sukhaduḥkhāni karmataḥ 139| dehī bhuṃkte vaśo rājantrāṇaṃ na jñānataḥ param | kṛṣṇādīnāṃ dehabaṃdhe sukhaduḥkhādi vartate 140| tatretareṣāṃ kiṃ vācyaṃ ye vairāgyaparāṅmukhāḥ | jñātvedṛśīṃ karmagatiṃ sarvebhyo balavattamām 141| dhīro bhava pratīkṣasva śubhakarmāgamaṃ punaḥ | śatrūnjitvā tu samaye svaṃ rājyaṃ punarāpsyasi 142| itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā na duḥkhai paribhūyate | dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca yathāvaccātra kīrttitāḥ 143| svargyaṃ pāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ śokamohavināśanam | brāhmaṇo jñānamāpnoti rājyaṃ prāpnoti kṣatriyaḥ 144| vaiśyaśca bahvīṃ saṃpattiṃ śrutvā śūdraḥ sukhaṃ labhet | yo rājā bhraṣṭarājyo'pi rataḥ sanneva satpathi 145| sa rājyaṃ punarāpnoti śravaṇānnityamasya tu | ākarṇyaitatsatāṃ rājanśrāvyamanyanna rocate 146| kalaṃ ca kokilālāpaṃ rūkṣaṃ dhvāṃkṣarutaṃ yathā | ākhyānametadanaghaṃ śrutvā sajjanahṛtpriyaḥ 147| hiraṇyatilavastrādyairdhenubhūmipradānataḥ | saṃtoṣayedvācakaṃ tu tasmiṃstuṣṭe phalaṃ labhet 148| devatāśca prasīdeyurarcite vācake gurau | annadānāni dadyācca brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prapūjayet 149| jāyate vijayī nityaṃ putrapautrasamṛddhimān | jāyate viṣṇuloke yaḥ śṛṇotyākhyānamuttamam 6.18.150| iti vyājena bho bhūpa tulasyutpattikāraṇam | ye śṛṇvaṃti naraśreṣṭhā na teṣāṃ pātakaṃ kvacit 151| tulasīmāhātmyamidaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam | śrutvā tu labhate mokṣamuktvā caiva na saṃśayaḥ 152| svagṛhe ropitā caiva tulasī pāpanāśinī | darśanādbrahmahatyāpi naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ 153| kārtike caiva māghe tu tulasyā pūjayeddharim | vaiśākhe tu viśeṣeṇa pūjanaṃ ca hareḥ smṛtam 154| ekenaiva pradakṣiṇena sakalaṃ pāpaṃ gataṃ vai sadā ye śūdrā | bhuvi saṃti dānaniratāḥ kālena śuddhiṃ gatāḥ | tepi syuḥ surapūjanārhatanavaḥ pāpācca dūraṃ gatāḥ ye vai| viṣṇujanāśca durlabhatarā hyasminkalau sāṃpratam 155| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatasahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṃḍe jālaṃdharopākhyāne śrījālaṃdharavadhamahotsavonāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ 18|

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Śrī Nārada said :

1-8. Then Jālandhara said to Śiva : “O Śiva, protect yourself now. O Śiva, I shall today throw you there where Viṣṇu lives. Then, having dragged Brahmā , I shall throw him into the ocean. When all of you are seized (by me) I am then the lord of all.” Having spoken like this, he entrusted the responsibility of the army on the demons Śumbha etc. The warriors like Niśumbha guarded the endless four-limbed army. Seeing all the excellent demons like Śumbha, Niśumbha, Pheṃkāra, Pheruṇḍa, Dhūmralocana , Ketu , Biḍālajaṅgha, Rāhu , Durvāraṇa and Yama , so also Kālāsura, Lavaṇa , Bhūmiretas and the demon Andhaka , and Raktavīrya and others, Caṇḍin and Cāmuṇḍin, ready to fight in the battle, the attendants of Śiva like Vīrabhadra and others, confronted them in the battle, O king. Then a horrible, fierce and thrilling battle took place, in which even the principal demons, suffering from wounds, fell (down). O king, the attendants (of Śiva) struck with all weapons by Śumbha and others in the great war, fell and others fled.

9-12. The demons, having vanquished the attendants, confronted Śiva. They showered him with volleys of arrows, as the clouds shower the Meru mountain. Then Śiva, seated upon his bull ( Nandin ), drew his bow and struck with volleys of arrows the demons on the battlefield. The powerful one struck the demons with arrows with sharp horse-shoe-shaped heads. He quickly killed the remaining army on the battlefield with weapons and missiles. The battlefield was covered with elephants, men and horses that had fallen (in the battlefield).

13-18a. It appeared like the earth (covered) with mountains cut off by thunderbolt. Then the Ocean’s son fashioned an illusory (form of) Gaurī that was endowed with the quality of beauty and adorned with all ornaments. Making an illusory (form of) Jayā the Ocean’s son said: “Quickly go in front of Śiva, and quickly fascinate him on the battlefield.” The illusory Jayā thus addressed, went (to Śiva). Having gone to the battlefield and with her hair let loose she wept. Asked by Śiva, she said: “From the mountain north of Mānasa your dear wife, Pārvatī , O god, has been kidnapped by the Ocean’s son.” Hearing these words of her, the bull-bannered (god Śiva) said to her: “O Jayā, you go to the bull (Nandin). The demons will kidnap you.”

18b-24. Then, Jayā, mounting upon the bull (Nandin) and embracing Śiva, said: “O Hara , I (shall) go. I cannot live without Pārvatī.” Taking the moon that had entered the matted hair of Śiva, she—the illusory form—quickly got down from the bull. Clasped by the illusory form, he went to the battlefield. Then hearing that Pārvatī was kidnapped, Śiva became worried. O king, encircled by the demon’s illusion, he did not recognise himself. In the meanwhile, the Ocean’s son surrounded by a great army, came after having put the illusory Pārvatī in his chariot to Śiva. In the same way, there was the sound of musical instruments in (i.e. declaring) the victory of Jālandhara, due to which the earth shook and the mountains echoed. The Ocean’s son showed Pārvatī to Śiva. Rudra (i.e. Śiva) too saw his dear wife who was distressed due to separation (from him), who was helpless, who was slim and whose eyes were overanxious, sitting in his enemy’s chariot.

25-30a. She was again and again crying, “O lord, O dear Rudra.” Śiva saw Pārvatī seated in the strong enemy’s chariot like the sacred text remaining in the possession of a heretic. ‘How shall I get (back) my beloved?’ (Like this), Śambhu deluded by the demon’s illusion lamented. ‘O dear one, the demons deluded me. How have you been kidnapped?’ The Ocean’s son, seeing Śiva bewildered with grief and delusion, laughed and uttered (these) words as kind (person would do). “You are without any authority. You are without sexual love. Though you are the lord, you have become miserable without Pārvatī O Śiva, do not weep. I (shall) give you your dear wife. Having taken Pārvatī, I have spared you the fight.”

30b-36. Speaking like this to Śiva, he got down Pārvatī from the chariot. Then he sent his army towards Śaṅkara . To take Pārvatī who was crying “Protect (me), protect (me)”, Śiva too, along with (his) bull (Nandin), quickly ran towards his (i.e. Jālandhara’s) army. When Śiva seized Pārvatī with his hand, the demon Śumbha quickly seized her and remained in the sky. The mighty Śiva discharged his spear to kill the demon Śumbha. Śumbha left her and she fell on the spear. She, beautiful in all limbs and weeping, when left, fell along with the spear in front of Śiva, and saying “Ail right” died (there only). Rudra, seeing the illusory Pārvatī dead, was full of grief and delusion, and wailing “O dear one”, he fell in a swoon on the ground. Having regained consciousness (after) a moment, he cursed Sumbha and others on the battlefield: “Pārvatī will kill you.”

Nārada said :

37-42. O king, in the previous age of Manu the demons Śumbha and others were knocked down by the goddess due to Śiva’s curse. Having cursed them and having gone out he wailed, “O dear one, where have you gone after abandoning me, the distressed one, on the battlefield? Giving up attachment for me, I Śaṅkara, am made distressed by separation from you. O dear one, even Viṣṇu does not know me to be abandoned by you (i.e. does not know that you have left me). O goddess, in the fire-vessel of Dakṣa , you had offered your head. You were again obtained by me. (Then) how do you abandon me again? O you of a beautiful body, O Girijā, get up, get up. Communicate with me.” In the meanwhile, Brahmā remaining in the group of deities, knowing that Śiva was deluded by the demon’s illusion, came (there). He who was invisible, spoke to the wailing Śiva:

Brahmā said :

43-45. You are without grief, delusion, father and mother. You do not have pain, pleasure, son, a wife, or an enemy. You are not born of a father, nor will you be born (of a father). You are looked upon (like this) by the sages? (Then) whence this delusion? O lord, you are one; you have taken up various forms, as the sun is seen (to be many) in the waves of the water. Those who observe restraint, reach by means of meditation your feet, the great form, unintelligible, and quite indescribable. This your beloved is not distressed like you. O god, give up the illusion fashioned by Jālandhara. That Pārvatī has gone into the bud of a lotus. Fight; kill the multitude of enemies. Protect us.

46-52. Having heard these words of Brahma , Śiva knew (the illusion). Knowing the demon’s illusion, he threw a large rock (at the demons). With that he killed three hundred crores of demons. O king, then having very angrily mounted upon his bull (i.e. Nandin), Śiva took his Pināka bow and arrows. Then the son of the Ocean (i.e. Jālandhara), seeing Śiva, free from the illusion, manifested quickly another group of illusions which deluded the lord of gods, which was very wonderful, which was very powerful. Jālandhara turned into (one) having a crore of arms and fought Śiva with trees, weapons and missiles; and he, the Ocean’s son, put the earth that was decorated with the red chalk into the intermediate space; and the Ocean’s son made the earth adorned with many charming temples of deities, full of various (kinds of) flowers. Celestial nymphs, more lovely than Menakā danced there. Śambhu, forgot (to fight) and instantly abandoned the bow, and deluded by (the sound of) musical instruments and songs and by the tāṇḍava dance of the lord of demons, started, being mounted upon the bull.

53-60. Seeing Śiva seated on the bull deluded, the Ocean in an embodied form, to delude him, roared with tāṇḍava, songs, musical instruments, and dances. He, constantly being rejoiced, threw the beings into the ocean; “Where are all those deities? Where are the attendants led by Nandin? You who are respectable, are deluded by the demon’s illusion. O lord Śambhu, why do you neglect (him)? Taking out the disc remaining in your belly, and fashioned for killing him only, O Maheśa , kill Jālandhara with that in the battle.” By (i.e. on hearing) these words of Kṛṣṇa , and recollecting himself to be the lord, he quickly mounted upon the bull and came to the great battle. Seeing that Śiva coming, that angry demon Jālandhara surrounded by his entire army, stopped him. The form of Śiva, who was angry, (was one that) would destroy the creation. In his third eye there were fires and the demons were like moths. O king, seeing the lord’s form full of fierce flames, the demons like Śumbha, so also those like Rāhu seeing Śiva, were frightened and through fear they entered the nether world.

61-66. Seeing many soldiers killed in the great war, and seeing certain demonslike Śumbha that were spared, and (seeing a few) who had fled away, Jālandhara remained on the battlefield like a mountain. Seeing actually the true form of Rudra, he was delighted. Then Jālandhara laughed and said to Śiva: “Withdraw your (fierce) form with which you are burning (the world with) the mobile and the immobile. Give up your divine power and fight with a weapon.” Hearing these words of Jālandhara, Śiva then said (to him:) “O lord of demons, ask for a boon. I am pleased with your deed that you are fearless even after having seen such a (fierce) form. O demon, even the entire universe is not able to look at this form of me and at my lustre. (But) you are fearless in that respect.”

Nārada said :

67-71. Regarding this to be a favour of Śiva, Jālandhara, having no desire for the mundane existence, asked from him release as a boon in the form of absorption into him.

Śrī Mahādeva said :

O demon, this your divine body endowed with all pleasures and divine powers, and lovely due to Vṛndā and charming remaining here will meet with death here. Not knowing the highest soul that is one and immutable, for a while, how do you give it up? How do you desire salvation? Your dear queen Vṛndā has been taken away through divine power. Having known the nature of Brahman , she has reached that highest position. Now she is difficult to obtain, so also that position is difficult to obtain. Ask for a boon in the worldly existence between heaven and salvation.

Jālandhara said :

72-75. O god, the position of salvation is obtained by a blessed one. Now I am blessed, since, struck by you I am seeing you.

Śiva said :

O demon, if you are eager to go to my place, a holy place, then (striking me) with strong arrows, quickly make me angry. Then, O sinless one, I shall kill you, (and) you will go to my place.

Hearing the words of the great god, Jālandhara said to Śiva: “I shall not first strike you who are adorable to the whole world.”

Nārada said :

76-81. Thus addressed, Śiva quickly struck the Ocean’s son with arrows and those arrows stuck to the Ocean’s son’s body shone as the bamboos blazing with fire shine on the skirt of Lohagiri. Jālandhara filled the body of Śiva with arrows. With those arrows Rudra shone like the sky full of birds. Then, O king, a duel took place between Jālandhara and god (Śiva). There is no other striker than Śiva. There is no other one than the Ocean’s son who bears (the strokes). With thousands of crores of mountains taken out from the cavity of the earth, the Ocean’s son filled the lord of Pārvatī in the battle. Then the demon (Jālandhara) was struck on his chest with a spear by Śiva. From his mouth fearful and yawning Jvara emerged. He having the face of a lion and a human figure was (called) Vīrajvara.

82-92. Seeing Jvara having a lion’s face, moving out of the demon’s body, (Śiva) made a ‘hum’ sound. From it a Śarabha [1] came out. He was knocked down by the Śarabha, sent out by Śiva. Seeing that Śaṅkara, along with the lord of bulls (viz. Nandin) invincible, that Ocean’s son speedily came near the bull. Seizing the bull by his tail, he whirled him into the sky. (That) mighty-armed Jālandhara threw him on the Himalaya mountain. Then Girijā’s husband (i.e. Śiva) discharged the very fierce trident. Catching it with his hand near Śiva, the lord of the demons, the Ocean’s son, mounted upon his chariot, took the bow (called) Kalakedāra, and filled with arrows Śiva standing on the earth. Śiva cut off his weapons and arrows and pounded with arrows his chariot which was ten yojanas extensive, along with the charioteer and horses. Jālandhara too, who was chariotless, ran to Śiva in the battle. A fierce, wonderful and thrilling battle took place between the two. Seeing it, the deities, through fear of the unexpected deluge, trembled. The two, of a fearful valour, shaking the earth by means of their foot(-steps) and making the sky tremble with the sounds struck each other with all missiles. Then seeing the great might of the lord of demons, Śiva, through his divine power, took a multitude of weapons. Then a demon, having a crore of arms and with eyes fearful due to the fangs, though without a weapon, quickly ran to Śiva.

93-99. On the battlefield he bound Śiva with the bond of his large arms. Then with a sword he cut off the jungle (i.e. multitude) of his hands. Rudra, overpowered by the arms of the Ocean’s son, became dark blue. The Ocean’s son easily fought with him. Though his hands were cut off, he fought as Rāhu (would fight) with his head. The River’s son (Jālandhara) pleased Śiva with his fighting. Śiva who was pleased, said: “Ask for a difficult boon.” Jālandhara too said to him: “Give me your position. Please do not insult me who am without arms and weapons. Quickly give me a divine power; otherwise I shall destroy you.” Saying so, and being equipped with arms he struck him on his chest. Then, vomitting from his mouth the Sudarśana disc which he himself had formerly fashioned, he took it in his hand and angrily raised it. Its brilliance was like that of a crore of suns and it was swallowing (the world including) the mobile and the immobile.

100-106. With that disc the head of Jālandhara was cut off (by Śiva). Then that head flew into the sky to (the distance of) a hundred yojanas. O king, then it having a terrible mouth with a hundred fangs, having eyes of heaven and earth, went, with the speed of a tiger to the house of Brahmā. Then again seeing the head in heaven Śiva ran to the head, from which blood was oozing and which was making a fearful sound. Then the quarters disappeared, and the sky (too) disappeared. The light of the luminaries was not there, and the earth trembled through fear. Rudra, with the disc, quickly cut off the head coming to him. Being cut into two it fell upon the Himalaya mountain. Then the pieces of Jālandhara’s head quickly entered Śiva when all the beings were watching it.

107-112. That trunk of Jālandhara, red due to blood, danced. Again and again demons sprang up from his throat. They were repeatedly struck by Śiva with the disc. The entire earth was filled with the marrow of the Ocean’s son. O king, due to the marrow only, Medinī (i.e. the earth) got that name. In the northern region of Kailāsa , where the blood of the excellent demon turned into a hill, the city (called) Śoṇitapura was (situated). Then seeing the heaps of flesh covering every place, the lord (i.e. Śiva) remembered his sixtyfour attendants. Due to the discerning recollection the goddesses also reached the vicinity of Śiva. With the palms of their hands folded they said: “O Śiva, what do (i.e. should) we do?”

Mahādeva said :

113-120. Together you who are permitted by me, should quickly eat the heaps of the demon’s flesh which resemble mountains.

Brāhmī , Māheśvarī and. Kaumārī so also Vaiśṇavī ( Vaiṣṇavī ) and Vārāhī , and Māhendrī , (all) thus ordered by Śiva, and shining with their own attendants, looked at the heaps of flesh with a cruel eye, and in a moment they vanished. Then the weak body of Jālandhara was powerfully approached by śaktis . When his body was seized by them, from his body came out a lustre; it reached Śiva and in a moment it disappeared. That lustre resembling the sun’s lustre, got merged into Śiva. Thus the enemy of gods met his destruction from Śiva. Maheśvara being pleased, said to them all: “Ask for a boon.” Then all those female attendants asked the lord of the world: “Those men in the mortal worlds, who desire enjoyments and salvation and boons, will always worship the group of your attendants (the Yoginīs ) in their house. Due to your favour all that is desired by them will come about.”

Mahādeva said :

121-128. I am the giver of a boon to him on the earth, whosoever will every day devoutly worship your group. To my devotee or that of Viṣṇu who hates the group of Yoginīs, I shall be terrible and will take away his religious merit.

Thus were boons given to the Yoginīs in the battle. In the meanwhile Śiva remembered that Bhavānī (his wife) and his bull (Nandin). On just being remembered Pārvatī and the bull came there in a moment. Śiva’s beloved (i.e. Pārvatī) came there along with her friends. Giving up her Bhrāmarī form, she mounted upon half the portion of (the body of) Hara. Then, O king, with Pārvatī, Śiva rejoiced. To the Yoginīs he said: “Drink the blood on the trunk of Jālandhara. Hearing it they were very much delighted. The Yoginīs, after (eating and) drinking the flesh, marrow and blood danced with joy. Then seeing their sport, Śiva was pleased; and taking up his Bhairava form, he drank it in the midst of them. The group of the Yoginīs were of sharp fangs and huge bodies.

129-132. Even today at (this) time they are seizing the flesh. Therefore, demon Jālandhara killed in battle, does not get up. Then there came the groups of deities like Brahmā. The sages, the Maruts and the gods praised the great lord (Śiva). The quarters were bright; fragrant breezes blew; showers of flowers fell from the sky. The drums also, that were beaten, produced sound above (i.e. in the sky) when he was consecrated. Then the earth was sprinkled with the continuous showers of honey by the swarms of bees going over it and humming sweetly, being blinded by the fragrance. In his assembly fell the shower of flowers dropped by gods.

133-136. When the Ocean’s son was killed by Śiva with the strokes of the arrows, shower of flowers appeared (there), beautiful women danced and, yakṣas led by gods and kinnaras sang (songs). Śiva, having great fame due to his victory, and then being praised by groups of gods, siddhas and cāraṇas , went to his own mountain. From the mountain, Pārvatī also surrounded by her friends, went to the Śveta mountain. The divine damsels waited upon her with a shower of flowers. Lord Śiva, the kind god, knowing (this) established the groups of gods in their own positions, and gave them his wealth. What more should be said when great pity would be shown by the lord? Or which other god is there who would bring under his control the earth on all sides? Gods having got (back) their kingdom, shone as before. Being the regents of quarters (again) they shared portions in sacrifices.

Nārada said :

137-142. O king, I have thus narrated in a sequence to you the very wonderful account of Jālandhara, hero of the world. Even now Viṣṇu being under his sway, does not leave the Milky Ocean. Know that everyone enjoys the fruit of his own act(s). To remove your grief I have told you this excellent account. As long as the body lasts, a man being influenced, experiences (the fruits of) his actions—pains and pleasures. O king, there is no greater refuge than knowledge. Even Kṛṣṇa and others when bound in a body have pleasure, pain etc. Then what can be said about others who are averse to detachment? Knowing that such is the course of acts, which is the strongest of all, be patient, wait for the arrival of auspicious acts again. At (the proper) time, you will, after vanquishing your enemies, regain your kingdom.

143-148. Having heard this account, (a man) is not overcome by griefs. Here (the four goals of human life, viz.) righteousness, material welfare, sensual enjoyments and salvation are properly told. A brāhmaṇa gets the auspicious knowledge leading to heaven, removing sins, destroying delusion, and a kṣatriya obtains a kingdom. Hearing (it) a vaiśya would obtain wealth, and a śūdra happiness. A weak king who is deprived of his kingdom but remains on the good path, again obtains his kingdom by hearing it every day. O King, after hearing this, the good do not like to hear anything else, as a man does not like to hear the harsh crying of crows after hearing the sweet notes of cuckoos. Having heard this guileless account, he who is dear to the hearts of the good, should please the reader (of this account) by (giving him) gold, sesamum-seeds, garments etc. and land. When he is pleased, he would get the (desired) fruit.

149-155. When the reader—the preceptor—is honoured, the deities also would be pleased. He should give gifts of food and honour brāhmaṇas . He, being prosperous with sons and grandsons, is always victorious. He who listens to this excellent account, is born in Viṣṇu’s world. O king, those best men who, under this pretext, listen to the cause of the rise of Tulasī , have no sin anywhere. By listening to or telling this auspicious, sin-removing greatness of Tulasī (a man) undoubtedly attains salvation. By seeing Tulasī destroying sins, planted in one’s house, the sin of a brāhmaṇa’s murder perishes. There is no doubt about this. (A man) should worship Viṣṇu with Tulasī (leaves) in Kārtika and Māgha . Viṣṇu’s worship in Vaiśākha is especially laid down. Even by once going round it, all the sin goes (away). Those śūdras who are always engaged in (giving) gifts, are purified within (due) time. Their bodies also become worthy of worshipping deities. Those devotees of Viṣṇu, now very rare in this Kali age, have gone far away from sins.

[1]: [1] : Śarabha: A fabulous animal said to have eight legs and be stronger than a lion.

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